Eminem - Mockingbird lyricsYeahI know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right nowBut hey, what daddy always tell you?Straighten up little soldierStiffen up that upper lipWhat you crying about?You got me

Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dadWell I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the life that I never hadI can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laughI can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cryCuz you're scared, I ain't there?Daddy's with you in your prayersNo more crying, wipe them tearsDaddy's here, no more nightmaresWe gon' pull together through it, we gon' do itLaney uncles crazy, aint he?Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know itWe're all we got in this worldWhen it spins, when it swirlsWhen it whirls, when it twirlsTwo little beautiful girlsLookin' puzzled, in a dazeI know it's confusing youDaddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the newsI try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seemsThe harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on meAll the things growing up his daddy that he had to seeDaddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he didWe did not plan it to be this way, your mother and meBut things have gotten so bad between usI don't see us ever being together ever againLike we used to be when we was teenagersBut then of course everything always happens for a reasonI guess it was never meant to beBut it's just something we have no control over and that's what destiny isBut no more worries, rest your head and go to sleepMaybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream

[Chorus]Now hush little baby, don't you cryEverything's gonna be alrightStiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told yaDaddy's here to hold ya through the nightI know mommy's not here right now and we don't know whyWe feel how we feel insideIt may seem a little crazy, pretty babyBut i promise momma's gon' be alright

It's funnyI remember back one year when daddy had no moneyMommy wrapped the Christmas presents upAnd stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from meCuz daddy couldn't buy 'emI'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night cryingCuz daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a jobBut his job was to keep the food on the table for you and momAnd at the time every house that we lived inEither kept getting broke into and robbedOr shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jarTryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to collegeAlmost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole itAnd I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heartAnd it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apartMom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved backOn the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartmentAnd dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on NovaraAnd that's when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. DreAnd flew you and momma out to see meBut daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave meThen you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like itAnd you and Laney were to young to understand itPapa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habitAnd it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab itI'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first handCuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proudNow I'm sittin in this empty house, just reminiscingLookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me outTo see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters nowWow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's still hereLaney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still hereI like the sound of that, yeahIt's got a ring to it don't it?Shh, momma's only gone for the moment

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And if you ask me tooDaddy's gonna buy you a mockingbirdI'mma give you the worldI'mma buy a diamond ring for youI'mma sing for youI'll do anything for you to see you smileAnd if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shineI'mma break that birdies neckI'd go back to the jewler who sold it to yaAnd make him eat every carat don't fuck with dad (haha)

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of AmericaAnd to the Republic for which it standsOne nation under GodIndivisible...It feels so good to be back..

I scrutinize every word, memorize every lineI spit it once, refuel and re-energize and rewindI give sight to the blind, my insight through the mindI exercise my right to express when I feel it's timeIt's just all in your mind, what you interpret it asI say to fight, you take it as I'mma whip someone's assIf you don't understand, don't even bother to askA father who has grown up with a fatherless pastWho has blown up now to rap phenomenon that hasOr at least shows no difficulty multi-taskAnd in juggling both perhaps mastered his craftSlash entrepreneur who has helped launch a few more rap actsWho's had a few obstacles thrown his way through the last halfOf his career typical manure moving past thatMr. kisses ass crack, he's a class actRubber band man, yea he just snaps back

[Chorus:]Come along follow me as I lead through the darknessAs I provide just enough spark that we need to proceedCarry on, give me hope, give me strengthCome with me and I won't steer you wrongPut your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fogTo the light at the end of the tunnelWe gonna fight, we gonna charge, we gonna stomp, we gonna marchThrough the swamp, we gonna mosh through the marshTake us right through the doors (c'mon)

All the people up top on the side and the middleCome together lets all bomb and swamp just a littleJust let it gradually build from the front to the backAll you can see is a sea of people some white and some blackDon't matter what color, all that matters we gathered togetherTo celebrate for the same cause don't matter the weatherIf it rains let it rain, yea the wetter the betterThey ain't gonna stop us they can't, we stronger now more than everThey tell us no we say yea, they tell us stop we say goRebel with a rebel yell, raise hell we gonna let em knowStomp, push, shove, mush, Fuck Bush, until they bring our troops home (c'mon)

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Imagine it pouring, it's raining down on usMosh pits outside the oval officeSomeone's tryina tell us something,Maybe this is god just sayin' we're responsibleFor this monster, this coward,That we have empoweredThis is Bin Laden, look at his head noddin'How could we allow something like this without pumping our fistsNow this is our final hourLet me be the voice in your strength and your choiceLet me simplify the rhyme just to amplify the noiseTry to amplify the times it, and multiply by six...Teen million people, Are equal at this high pitchMaybe we can reach alqueda through my speechLet the president answer a higher anarchyStrap him with an Ak-47, let him go, fight his own warLet him impress daddy that wayNo more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soilNo more psychological warfare, to trick us to thinking that we ain't loyalIf we don't serve our own country, we're patronizing a heroLook in his eyes its all liesThe stars and stripes, they've been swiped, washed out and wipedAnd replaced with his own face, Mosh now or dieIf I get sniped tonight you know why,Cause I told you to fight.

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And as we proceed,To Mosh through this desert storm,In these closing statements, if they should argueLet us beg to differAs we set aside our differencesAnd assemble our own armyTo disarm this Weapon of Mass DestructionThat we call our President, for the presentAnd Mosh for the future of our next generationTo speak and be heardMr. President, Mr. SenatorDo you guy's hear us...hear us...[laughing] (Hailie)